Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
प्रभासे तु महादेवी प्राचीं पापप्रणाशिनीम् । नापुण्यो वेद देवेशि कर्मनिर्मूलनक्षमाम्
prabhāse tu mahādevī prācīṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm | nāpuṇyo veda deveśi karmanirmūlanakṣamām
« Mais à Prabhāsa, ô Mahādevī, se trouve Prācī, celle qui anéantit les péchés. Ô Souveraine des dieux, l’homme sans mérite ne la connaît pas vraiment — elle qui peut déraciner les fruits du karma. »
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prācī (Prabhāsa)
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī (Devī)
Scene: Śiva points toward Prācī flowing through Prabhāsa; the water is depicted as luminous, with withered karmic ‘roots’ (vines/knots) being washed away; a few pilgrims with radiant auras perceive her clearly while others pass unaware, illustrating adhikāra.
FAQs
Sacred places are spiritually effective, yet their depth is grasped fully only by those refined through puṇya and devotion.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s Prācī tīrtha, praised as a destroyer of sin and uprooter of karmic bondage.
No explicit rite; it emphasizes the tīrtha’s power and the pilgrim’s moral-spiritual qualification (puṇya).